I Love Scary Weather

We're all hanging around the house this morning because it's a national holiday and a typhoon is blowing in. My son's home because school was canceled on account of the typhoon. So it's a pretty lazy day. I love listening to the storm outside; it's pleasant for me. Where I grew up, in Texas, violent weather is normal. We regularly endured raging storms, relentless hail, and brilliant lightning, not to mention the occasional tornado. Further south, Texans have to contend with massive hurricanes. I grew up with this kind of weather, so typhoons only remind me of home. I actually have CDs of storm sounds that I sometimes play to relax. The one thing we don't have in Texas is earthquakes. I had never experienced earthquakes until I came to Japan, and those really do alarm me. I just hope this typhoon stops in time for classes tomorrow. Y'all stay safe.

Key Words

• hang around
• typhoon is blowing in
• cancel on account of 
• not to mention 
• contend with
• grow up with

If you don't understand any of these words, please ask me.

Here are my three favorite movies about scary weather: